BICYCLES LOCKED TO POLES
photographs by JOHN GLASSIEThis mournful but pleasing collection features many of the best photographs of bicycles locked to poles ever taken.
Shot using an old-fashioned 35mm Nikon, and in many cases by waiting days for alternate-side-of-the-street parking regulations to take effect, the photos here follow in the tradition of John James Audubon, Bernd and Hilla Becher, the Peterson field guides, and The Observer’s Book of Steam Locomotives.
This volume presents a careful selection from Glassie’s collection of over a thousand color photographs, as well as a graphical guide to present, damaged, and missing bicycle parts and a quote from Marvin Minsky’s The Society of Mind. Bicycles Locked to Poles is a rare treasury for anyone interested in bikes, poles, locks, or the forgotten artifacts of the urban landscape.
Taken from McSweeney’s website. Duh.
